A male Benin Bronze head, the neck completely hidden under many layers of coral strings, which also hang along the temples and neck from the spiked headpiece, the full lips are just slightly open, the nose with wide nostrils springs from a domed forehead, which, however, can be seen only rudimentarily, since it lies under the headgear, which also hides the eyebrows, large fully rimmed eyes with engraved pupils, the ears are geometrically indicated, on the right of the head springs a feather; a few tiny holes, a beautiful encrusted patina.

Lit.: Philip J. C. Dark, An introduction to Benin art and technology, Oxford 1973. Phillips, T. (ed), Africa. The Art of a Continent, 1999. Paula Girshick Ben-Amos, The art of Benin, 1995. Ekpo Eyo, Frank Willett, Kunstschätze aus Alt-Nigeria, Mainz 1983. Barbara Plankensteiner (Hg.), Benin. Könige und Rituale. Höfische Kunst aus Nigeria, Wien 2007.

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Height: 28,5 cm
Weight: 3,47 kg